The Latest Breaking News from Angus Taylor

Crossbenchers welcome changes but some say government should revisit other tax concessions that have become ‘taboo’

The worst thing a government can do, according to opposition politicians and some of the commentariat, is to break election promises.

Angus Taylor says Coalition will fight any changes but Tasmanian MP Bridget Archer says we should not ‘shy away from having a conversation’

A bitter war of words is continuing between the federal government and the opposition as Labor continues to float winding back tax breaks on the nation's highest superannuation balances.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the fundamentals of super will remain untouched and his floated changes to tax breaks on large balances are not controversial.

The official "yes'' campaign for the Indigenous voice to parliament will be launched in Adelaide, ahead of the referendum later this year.

The federal Coalition takes aim at the government's decision to open a conversation about superannuation changes, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers saying Labor does not want to "revolutionise" the system but is open to tweaking it.

The federal opposition will not support changes to superannuation tax breaks flagged by the treasurer as he looks for opportunities to repair the budget.

The Coalition has accused Labor of breaking election promises despite no new policy proposals being put forward

Treasurer Jim Chalmers tells ABC Insiders the federal government's intervention is putting downward pressure on electricity prices, and inflation remains the economy's greatest challenge.

Gina Rinehart’s company Hancock Prospecting gave an undeclared $144,000 to the Liberal Party via a circuitous route involving the Sydney Mining Club, and it was former Coalition energy minister Angus Taylor who decided to delay telling the public about power price rises before last year’s election.